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Ministry of Power
Power Ministry issues directions to all Gencos including Independent Power Producers  for timely Import of Coal for blending purposes
Instructions given to maximise production in captive coal mines
Power Ministry has issued directions to all Gencos that if the orders for import of coal for blending are not placed by Gencos by 31.05.2022 and if the imported coal for blending purpose do not start arriving at the power plants by 15.06.2022, all the defaulter Gencos would have to import coal for blending purpose to the extent of 15%  in the remaining period upto 31.10.2022. It has further said that not much blending has taken place in the months of April and May 2022, the power plants  will ensure that they blend coal at the rate of 15 % upto Oct 2022 and thereafter at the rate of 10% from November 2022 to March 2023.
The ministry,in letter written to State Secretaries/Principal Secretaries and all Gencos, has said that keeping in view the likely less materialization of coal supply from domestic sources as compared with the requirement to meet power demand, domestic coal will be allocated proportionately to all Gencos based on likely availability from 01.06.2022 and the balance requirement will need to be met from imported coal for blending purpose and target set for production in captive coal mines. If blending with domestic coal is not started by 15.06.2022 then the domestic allocation of the concerned defaulter thermal power plants will be further reduced by 5%. Accordingly, revised allocation of domestic coal for the month of July, 2022 onwards will be conveyed based on the above methodology. All Gencos have been advised to ensure adequate stocks at their power plants for smooth operation until Oct,2022.
The ministry has directed that the imported coal based plants should run and the State should import coal for blending, as in the previous years. Ministry of Power had issued directions u/s 11 of the Electricity Act that all the imported coal based plants start running and most of them have started running. However, the import by States of coal for blending is not satisfactory. In 2018-19 a total of 21.4 Million Tonnes of coal were imported for blending. In 2019-20, the total import for blending was 23.8 Million Tonnes whereas in 2021-22, it was only 8.3 Million Tonnes. This is the cause of the stress in the availability of coal.
Ministry of Power  on 07.12.2021 had issued advisory to all domestic coal based power plants to import coal to meet their requirements by blending with imported coal to the extent of 4 % by State Gencos & Independent Power Producers . MoP had issued the revised advisory on 28.04.2022 for importing coal for blending purpose to meet the requirement at 10% of the total requirement by 31.10.2022. The requirement for blending for each Genco and IPPs at 10% was also intimated and it was advised to place the awards for import of coal  by 31.05.2022 in order to ensure that 50% quantity is received by 30.06.2022, 40 % quantity by 31.08.2022 and 10% quantity by 31.10.2022.
Prime Minister's Office
PM celebrates Silver Medal by Sreeshankar Murali in Long Jump at Asian Games 2022
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Sreeshankar Murali on winning the Silver medal in Long Jump at Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou.
The Prime Minister posted on X:
“Congratulations to the amazing Long Jumper Sreeshankar Murali on his resounding success and clinching the Silver medal at the Asian Games. He has indeed set a perfect example for generations to come!”
Prime Minister's Office
PM’s tweets on measures announced by FM
Boost to private investment in medical infrastructure
Focus on strengthening healthcare facilities for the children
Multiple initiatives for farmers, small entrepreneurs and self-employed persons
The measures will help to stimulate economic activities, boost production & exports and generate employment: PM
Measures demonstrate our Government’s continuing commitment to reforms: PM
The Prime Minister , Shri Narendra Modi has said that the measures announced by the Finance Minister today will help to stimulate economic activities, boost production & exports and generate employment. He also underlined the measures taken for healthcare, healthcare facilities for children, farmers, small entrepreneurs and self-employed persons.
In a series of tweets the Prime Minister said.
“Measures announced by FM @nsitharamantoday will enhance public health facilities, especially in under-served areas, boost private investment in medical infrastructure and augment critical human resources. Special focus is on strengthening healthcare facilities for our children.
Importance has been given to helping our farmers. Multiple initiatives have been announced which reduce their costs, increase their incomes & support greater resilience and sustainability of agricultural activities.
Further support has been announced for our small entrepreneurs & self-employed persons,to enable them to sustain their business activities but & expand them further. Several initiatives, including financial assistance are being taken to help those linked with tourism.
The measures will help to stimulate economic activities, boost production & exports and generate employment. Result linked Power Distribution Scheme and streamlined processes for PPP projects and Asset Monetisation demonstrates our Government’s continuing commitment to reforms.”
Finance Ministry release on the package can be seen here.
https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1730963
Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture organizes Bathukamma festival- an annual celebration in Telangana at Kartavyapath, India Gate today
Bathukamma festival represents the culture and identity of the people of Telangana and involves the worship of Maha Gauri - “Life Giver” in the form of Gauri Devi
Ministry of Culture organized the celebration of Bathukamma festival being at Kartavyapath, India Gate, New Delhi, today. The event was attended by Union Minister for Culture, Tourism and DoNER Shri G Kishan Reddy, MoS Tourism Shri Ajay Bhatt and senior women officers in the administrative and law enforcement, and women HODs of different Government departments.
Bathukamma Festival is an annual celebration in Telangana that goes on for nine days and overlaps with the festival of Navratri. The festival is celebrated with colourful exotic flowers of the region and symbolises the collective spirit of the people of Telangana. This year Bathukamma celebrations are taking place from 25th of September till the 3rd of October.
This festival is to pray to the Goddess for the health and achievements of each family. Young women of the Hindu household get to pray to the Goddess for a life partner of their choice. Bathukamma means “The Mother Goddess comes to life”. It represents the culture and identity of the people of Telangana and involves the worship of Maha Gauri - “Life Giver” in the form of Gauri Devi .
The festival involves young women arranging flowers in stacks and making rangoli to start the celebrations. The men also help celebrate this festival, by aiding in the preparations like by collecting different flowers such as Marigold, Lotus, Senna. Some of the women dip a few flowers in vibrant colours and then arrange them in a wide plate and stack them in a pile.The rituals of this festival are performed by the Hindu women, especially young girls, who gather around in large numbers in their local areas during the evening time. Forming a circle, they then perform the ritual which involves them singing a folk song and revolving around the Bathukamma, all the while clapping their hands and walking in synchronised steps. This entire performance is to invoke the blessings of the goddess for good health and prosperity for their families.
Vice President's Secretariat
Prime Minister MUDRA Yojana is a historic and revolutionary scheme: Vice President
Aims for the empowerment of the neglected and underprivileged sections of the society;
Interacts with the beneficiaries of PMMY
The Vice President of India, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has hailed the Prime Minister MUDRA Yojana  as a revolutionary scheme and was aimed at empowering the neglected and underprivileged sections of the society. Interacting with the beneficiaries of the PMMY on the completion of three years of the launching of the scheme here today, the Vice President said that a record number of 12 crore beneficiaries have received loans under the scheme.
The Vice President said that the main objective of the MUDRA Yojana was to make people stand on their own legs. A majority of those who received loans were from the underprivileged sections like fishermen, toddy tappers, weavers, goldsmiths, blacksmiths and others, he added.
Emphasising the need to promote self-employment, the Vice President said that the government alone cannot provide employment to all people and such schemes will empower people to stand on their own feet. The Mudra Yojana will also help the entrepreneurs to get loans at cheaper interest rates, he added.
The Vice President complimented the government for effectively implementing the scheme by creating awareness among the people.
The Vice President said that this historic scheme will be beneficial to women as it will make them self-reliant without depending on their parents or husbands. Such schemes will not only empower the people, but also promote financial inclusion in an effective manner, he added.
Ministry of Earth Sciences
MoES Commissions High Resolution Ensemble Prediction Systems for Probabilistic Weather Forecasts
The Ministry of Earth Sciences  has commissioned two very high resolution  state-of-the-art global Ensemble Prediction Systems  for generating operational 10-days probabilistic forecasts of weather. The EPS involves the generation of multiple forecasts using slightly varying initial conditions.
This critical service level augmentation became possible due to the consistent efforts made by the scientists at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology , Pune, National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting , Noida and India Meteorological Department . The frameworks of the new EPSs are among the best weather prediction systems in the world at present. Very few forecasting centres in the world use this high resolution for short-medium range probabilistic weather forecasts.
The EPS will enhance the weather information being provided by the current models by quantifying the uncertainties in the weather forecasts and generate probabilistic forecasts.
The probabilistic forecasts of severe weather events at 12 km grid scale across India will greatly help the disaster management authorities and other users in making better emergency response decisions by explicitly accounting for the uncertainty in weather forecasts.
The probabilistic forecasts will also be very useful for various sectors of the economy including agriculture, water resources, tourism and renewable energy.
The forecast products from these two prediction systems are available at the following links  and . IMD will work further to bring out more useful service level products using these prediction systems.
The Ministry of Earth Sciences  provides Weather and Climate Services to various users round the year and on 24/7 basis. Both operational and research aspects for these services are implemented through its constituent units like IMD, NCMRWF, IITM and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services .
Over the past few years, the quality of weather and climate services provided by this Ministry has improved significantly due to systematic efforts in augmenting atmospheric and ocean observing systems in the region, improving the high performance computational capability to 8.0 petaflops, implementing high-resolution global models and advanced data assimilation techniques for ingesting data from Indian and International satellites, conducting cutting edge research and investing in human resources development. The successes in predicting the Tropical Cyclones Phailin/Hudhud, heavy rainfall events and heat waves are the best examples of the improvement in prediction capability during the recent years.
MoES is also working to implement more effective mechanism for dissemination of weather and climate forecasts to different stake holders using different communication channels. MoES is committed to transform India into a “Weather Ready” Nation.
Special Service and Features
Ambedkar Jayanti : Closed holiday for Central Govt. offices
Thiruvananthapuram 12 April 2023
All Central government offices in the state will have a closed holiday on 14th April 2023 on account of birth anniversary of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. This was informed by Central Government Employees Welfare Coordination Committee in Thiruvananthapuram.
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Special Service and Features
'Digital Life Certificate camp by Department of Pension and & Pensioners’ Welfare in five locations in Thrissur on 14th November 2022 
Kochi , November 12, 2022
The Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Government of India has launched a nation-wide campaign for the promotion of Digital Life Certificate for Central Government pensioners. In November 2021, Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State  had launched the milestone Face Authentication Technique of submitting Life Certificate through any Android Mobile Phone. Now the department is launching a special nation- wide campaign for promoting the Life certificate through Digital mode and popularizes the Face Authentication technique. All the registered Pensioners Associations, Pension Disbursing Banks, Ministries of the Government of India and CGHS Wellness Centres have been directed to promote the Digital Life Certificate/Face Authentication Technique for submitting Life Certificates by organising special camps for ‘Ease of Living’ of pensioners.
In this series, a Central Government team of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare shall be visiting Thrissur, where this campaign will be organised on November 14, 2022 for Central Government pensioners in the Banerji Memorial Club, Swaraj Round, Thrissur from 10 am to 4 pm . All pensioners can visit the Centre to submit their Life Certificates through Digital means.'
Earlier, life certificates had to be submitted in physical form and for this old pensioners were to stand in queue outside banks for hours. Now, it has become possible at the click of a button from the comfort of their homes. In the process of submitting of Life Certificate through Face Authentication by mobile, the details regarding Aadhaar Number, Mobile Number for OTP, PPO Number, Account Number with Bank/Post Office are required for the first time. This facility is also available to the employees of the State Government and the disbursing authority in the form of the Treasury Office of the State.
DLC figures from 1.10.22 till today are: Total DLC - 29,29,986 Total DLC through Face Authentication - 1,52,172,Total DLC CGOV - 11,95,594 and Total DLC of CGOV through Face Authentication - 96,099
The central team has requested all the pensioners to visit the official YouTube channel of the Department-DOPPW_INDIA OFFICIAL where two videos have been uploaded explaining the process of submitting the Life Certificate through Face Authentication Technique in simple language.The central team has urged all the pensioners to visit the centre to submit their life certificates through a digital medium.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
Manufacturing of Solar Cells
The Government has taken a number of steps to incentivise the manufacturing of solar cells domestically, namely:
- Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme  Scheme of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology: The scheme mainly provides subsidy for capital expenditure i.e. 20% for investments in Special Economic Zones  and 25% in non-SEZs. The Scheme was open for applications till 31st December, 2018. The Scheme inter-alia covers solar PV cells, solar PV modules, EVA, backsheet and solar glass.
- Domestic Content Requirement : Under some of the current schemes of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy , namely CPSU Scheme Phase-II, PM-KUSUM component B and Grid-connected Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II, wherein government subsidy is given, it has been mandated to source solar PV cells and modules from domestic sources.
- Imposition of Basic Customs Duty on import of solar PV cells & modules: The Government has imposed Basic Customs Duty  on import of solar PV cells and modules with effect from 01.04.2022.
- Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for High Efficiency Solar PV Modules: The Government of India is implementing the Production Linked Incentive  Scheme for National Programme on High Efficiency Solar PV Modules, for achieving domestic manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt  scale in High Efficiency Solar PV modules and solar PV cells with outlay of Rs. 24,000 crore. This Scheme has provision for Production Linked Incentive  to the selected solar PV module manufacturers for five years post commissioning, on manufacture and sale of High Efficiency Solar PV modules.
This information was given by Shri R.K Singh Union Minister of Power and MNRE in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Over 4.75 lakh vacancies to be filled soon-Dr Jitendra Singh
Union Minister of State  Development of North-Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said that over 4 lakh 75 thousand vacancies will be filled soon. This information was given in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.
During the year 2019-20, three recruiting agencies namely, Union Public Service Commission , Staff Selection Commission  & Railway Recruitment Boards  have made recommendations for recruitment to the following posts:-
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UPSC
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4,399
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SSC
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13,995
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RRBs
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1,16,391
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TOTAL
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1,34,785
Besides, the SSC, RRBs, Department of Posts and Ministry of Defence have commenced the process for filling up of additional 3,41,907 vacant posts.
All Ministries/Departments of Government of India have been advised to take advance action for reporting vacancy position with respect to direct recruitment  posts to the concerned recruitment agencies i.e. Union Public Service Commission  and Staff Selection Commission  etc. for filling up of such vacancies in a timely manner.
Recently, in January 2020, all Ministries/Departments of Central Government have been requested to take time bound action to fill the existing vacancies in respective Ministries/Departments and their attached/ subordinate offices.
Ministry of Home Affairs
High Level Committee chaired by Union Home Minister approves Central assistance of Rs 1,161.17 crores to states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Rajasthan and UT of Lakshadweep
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee  here today for Central Assistance to the States/ UT of Assam , Himachal Pradesh , Sikkim , Lakshadweep  and Rajasthan .
The HLC approved assistance of Rs 480.87 crore in respect of state of Assam. The HLC also approved assistance from NDRF amounting to Rs 84.60 crore for the state of Himachal Pradesh, Rs 67.40 crore for the state of Sikkim, Rs 2.16 crore for the UT of Lakshadweep and Rs 526.14 crore for the state of Rajasthan. The total assistance approved was Rs 1,161.17 crores.
The Union Minister for Agriculture, Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba, Union Secretary, Department of Expenditure, Shri Ajay Narayan Jha and senior officers of the Ministries of Home Affairs, Finance and Agriculture and NITI Aayog attended the meeting.
Ministry of Defence
WING COMMANDER MANDEEP HOODA TAKES OVER AS CPRO DEFENCE
Kolkata, December 09, 2019.
Wing Commander Mandeep Hooda has taken over as the Chief Public Relations Officer , Ministry of Defence  at Kolkata, today. He was formerly posted at Advance HQ Eastern Air Command at Fort William, in his last assignment. Wg Cdr Hooda replaces Wg Cdr SS Birdi who has since posted to Air HQ, New Delhi.
Wg Cdr Mandeep Hooda was commissioned into the Fighter Stream of the Indian Air Force on 21 Dec 2002. With over 3000 flying hours on the Mig-21 and Jaguar aircraft to his credit, the officer is also a Fighter Strike Leader.
The officer is qualified on all roles on Jaguar aircraft and flown extensively in Northern and Western Sector in his flying tenure.
Wing Commander Hooda has done his education from Sainik School Kunjpura and is alumnus of prestigious National Defence Academy and Defence Services Staff College. He has served in Mig-21 and Jaguar Squadrons in Central, South Western, Western and Northern Sector in his flying career.
The officer is also a golf enthusiast and harbours a keen interest in reading.
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Ministry of Home Affairs
NDMA statement on Coimbatore incident
It has come to the notice of the National Disaster Management Authority  through various media reports that a college girl, Kumari N. Logeswari, a student of Kovai Kalaimagal College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore, died during a disaster preparedness drill conducted by an individual, - Arumugham.
It is unfortunate that this incident has happened and we have lost a young life. The NDMA expresses heartfelt condolences to the family. However, the National Disaster Management Authority wasn't involved in this drill. The trainer wasn't authorized by NDMA to conduct such a drill. NDMA does not approve of such drills to be undertaken without adequate preparation and safety measures.
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Data Bank of Farmers
The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare has constituted a Task Force to develop a comprehensive Farmers’ Database for better planning, monitoring, strategy formulation and smooth implementation of schemes for the entire country.
This Centralised Farmers Database shall be useful for various activities like issuing soil health cards, dissemination of crop advisories to the farmers, precision farming, smart cards for farmers to facilitate e-governance, crop insurance, settlement of compensation claims, grant of agricultural subsidies, community/village resource centres etc.
At present, Centralised Farmers Database has not been created in the country. However, under PM-KISAN 90,165,852 number of farmers have been registered in the country as on 30.11.2019, out of which 5,813,813 number of farmers are registered in Rajasthan.
This information was given in a written reply by the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha today.